Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 629
JOSEPH FOX

Joseph FOX, a resident of section 20, Jackson Township, came to the county in the spring of 1860. He came here a poor man and located at Little Sioux, and commenced driving a stage for the Northwestern Stage Company, between Sioux City and Council Bluffs, and followed the same for six years. At that time there were but two houses between Little Sioux and Onawa, and four houses between Onawa and Sergent's Bluff. He then bought and operated a hotel at Little Sioux for six years, and then rented a farm in Little Sioux Township, remained a short time and came to the place he now occupies, having lived upon his present place seven years. He has devoted his time to the breeding of standard-bred horses and cattle.

Our subject was born in Erie County, N. Y., in April, 1840. He is a son of Adam and Mary FOX, natives of New York and Germany, respectively. They reared a family of four children--Frank, Joseph, Antony and Ambrose. Our subject removed from New York when twelve years of age. He unfortunately had a mother who was not a real mother, but a step-mother, with whom he did not agree, as is quite often the case, so he bid his father good-bye and went to Racine, Wis., and worked in that vicinity by the month until 1860, when he came to Harrison County, Iowa.

Appreciating the advantage of a good home, he sought to provide one for himself, so in April, 1864, he was united in marriage to Sarah CLARK, the daughter of William and Margaret CLARK, natives of Ireland, who had a family of seven children, our subject's wife being the fourth. The children were Joseph, David, deceased; John; William, an infant, deceased; Sarah and Jennie.

By this marriage union two children have been born--Frank, born in October, 1868 and George in August, 1870.

Our subject is a member of the Odd Fellows order, belonging to Lodge, No. 387, at Little Sioux.

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